Research + Innovation

Strategic Priorities

Key Areas

  • Strategic research areas and partnerships (external and internal)
  • Commercialization, impact, intellectual property
  • Supporting interdisciplinary research initiatives
  • Research infrastructure
  • Researcher support

Scope

  • Commitment to key research themes (existing and emerging)
  • Enhancing partnerships and international recognition in focused research themes
  • Increasing research chairs
  • Active participation in the Colleges Centres of Excellence

Initiatives

  • Globally recognized innovative research in drug discovery & development
  • Leadership in impactful pharmacy practice, social sciences, and educational research
  • Leadership in interdisciplinary research

Annual Strategic Goals

Year 1 (by June 30, 2025)

  • Research Focus: Commitment to key research themes.
  • Partnerships: Enhanced partnerships and international recognition in focused research themes.
  • Funding Strategies: Optimized funding strategies, infrastructure, research operational processes, financial and non-financial supports.
  • Researcher Support: Faculty satisfaction with funding strategies, infrastructure, research operational processes, financial and non-financial supports.
  • Innovation and Commercialization: Support for innovation, translation, and commercialization initiatives.

Year 3 (by June 30, 2027)

  • Research Expansion: Increased funding success across diversified sources.
  • Partnerships and Recognition: Increased interdisciplinary and international research with enhanced partnerships.
  • Researcher Support: Continued funding success, with increased faculty satisfaction in research culture and operations.
  • Innovation and Commercialization: Initiatives resourced and underway, with strong faculty support and satisfaction.

Year 5 (by June 30, 2029)

  • Global Leadership: Globally recognized for innovative research in drug discovery & development.
  • Impact: Leaders in impactful pharmacy practice, social sciences, and educational research.
  • Interdisciplinary Excellence: Leaders in interdisciplinary research.